Wes Tyrell's Sketchbook

ONE SYLLABLE NAMES OF THE GOP

2012-01-05T17:40:00.001-05:00

NEW CARTOON ON THE GOP ELECTION

breaking bad 2

2011-09-13T19:56:00.003-05:00

A revised sketch of the cast of Breaking Bad.
Some more characters to come before it gets painted..stay tuned.

King Harper

2011-09-13T19:51:00.002-05:00

An election cartoon of the PM celebrating his majority that I never posted.

NEW RUSTICLE POSTER AND POSTCARD

2011-06-29T10:13:00.004-05:00

Peter and the wolf poster for the lovely team at Theatre Rusticle.
What a great show!

CHARLIE OKPIK

2011-04-04T16:42:00.002-05:00

Here is a cartoon of a fictional Inuit hockey player Charlie Okpik for a cartoon exhibit in Nunavut that Terry Mosher is arranging.

PETER AND THE WOLF

2011-03-28T15:40:00.002-05:00

Here are a pair of initial thumbnails for Theatre Rusticle's new Peter and the Wolf adaptation.
Keep you posted on the development.

BEEF!

2011-03-28T15:39:00.002-05:00

The great Gerrit Graham as BEEF in the Phantom of the Paradise.

ACEC

2011-03-28T15:30:00.002-05:00

I am the new man in charge of the ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS website. I made a silly beaver character and the fab Graeme Mackay inked my drawing for some mashup fun.

Hannah Höch sketch

2011-02-07T20:59:00.002-05:00

Groovy Dadaist painter and photocollage innovator Hannah Höch.

Max Beckmann sketch

2011-02-03T22:22:00.004-05:00

One of my all time fave degenerate artists, Max Beckmann was a prolific painter particularly during the Weimar Republic until the Nazi's notorious attacks on modern art began in the 30's. Over 500 of his paintings were confiscated by Hitler's cronies to be exhibited in the 1937 Munich Degenerate exhibit, then auctioned off or destroyed.

OTTO DIX

2011-01-31T18:40:00.002-05:00

Vieira da Silva rough sketch

2011-01-27T23:37:00.003-05:00

Another rough pencil sketch, this time Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

Oskar Kokoschka sketch

2011-01-19T17:35:00.002-05:00

Wacky Austrian painter and playwright Oskar Kokoschka was a contemporary of Klimt and Schiele but outlived them to a ripe old age of 93. Looking to paint him in the early years when he was the iggy pop of his day.

GAUGUIN ROUGH

2011-01-17T13:49:00.002-05:00

Very rough outline for my Gauguin painting. I hope to give the background a very lively Tahitian mash-up. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest painter/sculptor/dirty birds to have every walked. A true triple threat and amazingly renounced in his day. What were they thinking?

Paul Klee rough sketch

2011-01-15T15:39:00.002-05:00

Another one of my favourite degenerate art chaps, the great Swiss painter Paul Klee.

Brancusi

2011-01-13T17:33:00.002-05:00

Here is a rough sketch of the famed modernist sculptor Brancusi (Bran-koosh)
Stay tuned for a better finished version.

watch Richler book author

2011-01-13T16:50:00.005-05:00

Wes Tyrell's illustration of the great Mordecai Richler on the cover of an Italian book about Richler's Barney.

WATCH VIDEO HERE

Hal Steacy

2010-12-29T13:27:00.002-05:00

A commission from my friends Anne Steacy and Brian Gable of her Dad Hal, the 87 year old master golfer!

Dr. Richard Daystrom

2010-12-13T09:39:00.002-05:00

A sketch from last night of the master coming unglued trying to chill out the M5.

Hamilton Spectator cartoon

2010-10-14T17:41:00.003-05:00

Here is a cartoon for this weekend in the Hamilton Spectator of the Mayoral race in Toronto. Smitherman coming on strong after everyone and their brother seemed to want to hand the race over to big bad Rob Ford.

Picasso

2010-10-04T21:17:00.001-05:00

First in a series of paintings on my fave classic artists, Pablo Picasso.

breaking bad doodle

2010-10-04T21:06:00.002-05:00

A first attempt rough of the great stars of Breaking Bad, one of the jewels of TV.
Stay tuned for a better version.

storyboard

2010-10-04T21:04:00.001-05:00

A portion of a storyboard hastily drawn overnight for an eye makeup TV spot.

Iggy cartoon

2010-10-04T20:48:00.001-05:00

A cartoon of Micheal Ignatieff on his summer whistle stop tour of Canada.

ACEC convention in Hamilton 2010

2010-10-04T20:46:00.003-05:00

I finally made it out to a convention for the editorial cartoonists of Canada and boy was it worth it!
Great to see many friends and meet new ones, all fun and talented.
A grand time.

TMIG on the move

2010-08-30T10:16:00.002-05:00

A postcard for an engineering firm that was moving locations.

JACK WHITE CARICATURE

2010-07-26T15:49:00.003-05:00

Here is a picture of Jack White that I did last year but considered a bit iffy.
I like some of it but perhaps it looked a bit MJ-ish in the likeness department.
Not sure, any comments?

The Naughty Show

2010-07-23T11:59:00.002-05:00

Had a grand time at the Naughty Show with the ribald works of the great Toronto painters Anita Kunz and Maurice Vellekoop. More!

Little Del

2010-07-23T11:57:00.002-05:00

Had to paint my little friend Del for the Scott family the other day. He is a real dude.

Hamilton Spectator cartoon

2010-07-23T11:52:00.002-05:00

A cartoon from the G20 silliness the other week that ran in the Hamilton Spectator.
Graeme MacKay is the very funny cartoonist from The Spectator and he was kind enough to get me on board for some contributing there.

More Literary Review art

2010-06-20T09:02:00.002-05:00

Some more quick pieces here including a Mulroney/Schreiber piece, one on civic art installations in Canada with the Maman staue in Ottawa and the cover which is the Canadian author cross country tour, inclusing Linden MacIntyre, Saul etc.

Literary Review Harper

2010-06-16T22:12:00.001-05:00

Another Harper piece here that accompanies an article about the Conservative party and their semi secret agenda to embrace the Christian right.

Harper cartoon

2010-06-13T10:05:00.002-05:00

This is a cartoon from last year of Harper when he did his live Beatles performing with YoYo Ma. The gist is how the PM has essentially skated through his term because there has been little impressive leadership from the opposition.

Engineering chap

2010-05-13T08:00:00.002-05:00

I had to draw some chaps for an engineering firm promotion announcement.
This is one of the fellows.

2010-04-07T12:22:00.005-05:00

The secret farmers midnight dance is the title of the children's book I've illustrated for the great Neil Crone. I'll post the mock ups of the artwork here prior to final changes and printing. A very nice story about farm animals and our relationship with them.

Resistance!

2010-03-23T11:52:00.002-05:00

Gilles Duceppe made some vintage comments on the weekend equating the Quebec struggle to that of the "Resistance". He claims it was not intended to compare their struggle with that of the Nazi fighters, but oh well, too late.

Lamont believes!

2010-03-01T18:52:00.002-05:00

What a fine Olympics we all just enjoyed, we may never have one like it in our lifetime.
Lamont the French torpedo agrees.....he was super speedy throughout the event!

Max VS. The Zombies!

2010-01-27T11:42:00.002-05:00

Had to paint Dr. 13's son Max as he saves the world from evil (stupid) zombies!

Obedience dogs

2010-01-27T11:40:00.001-05:00

This article talks about the pressure on a new dog to deliver the goods after you've had the "big" champ for so many years.

Fireside sketches

2010-01-04T09:55:00.003-05:00

We just returned from a lovley new year's eve vacation at Val Saint Come Quebec.
Lots of skiing and sitting about the chalet. Here are a few doodles from my fireside bake outs.

kid paintings

2010-01-04T09:50:00.004-05:00

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Here are a few cartoon paintings of some lovely Canadian youngsters I had to do for Christmas customers.

Stalin

2009-11-03T23:07:00.003-05:00

This is for an article discussing the Ukrainian Holodomor or holocaust which was initiated by Stalin's repressive collectivization policies in '32 and '33. Millions died and scholars today still debate Kremlin guilt when it is fairly clear they were responsible in many ways.

Alan Jarvis for the Literary Review

2009-10-30T12:30:00.002-05:00

A picture of the flamboyant National Gallery curator Alan Jarvis who was instrumental in dragging Canada out of the past with bold aquisitions of contemporary art in the 50's.

Wajdi Mouawad

2009-10-30T10:49:00.001-05:00

Canadian Lebanese playwright Wajdi Mouawad for the Literary Review.

Theatre Rusticle poster

2009-10-27T23:29:00.002-05:00

Here is a mock up of the new postcard/poster for Theatre Rusticle's next production Birnam Wood. Very autumny like outside right now.

Mao sketch in colour!

2009-10-23T16:52:00.002-05:00

This is a piece for the Literary Review about the chap Lu Decheng, who defaced Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square and then got tossed into the nightmare Gulag for years.
It seems everyone uses the standard Mao portrait to riff on and I wanted a different pose so I chose one of his smoking moments and gussied it up a bit.

St. Hugh!

2009-10-18T22:42:00.002-05:00

I had to make an emergency retirement gift tonight for the Dean of Lincoln University in the UK. They are rather fond of their great local saint Hugh thus the mash up.

Tracey Hill films

2009-10-08T12:41:00.003-05:00

Tracey Hill Films wanted a wee cartoon to be added to their logo.
Here is a version of the two of them on an old style camera crane!

More roughs

2009-10-07T13:21:00.001-05:00

Some additional roughs here that may or may not get turned into something.

Stalin and Black sketches

2009-10-03T17:43:00.002-05:00

Here are a pair of rough pencils of Conrad Black and Evil Uncle Joe.
I'll post the illos when they get painted for comparison.
Need to get the likeness' more on the money.

Funk out!

2009-09-29T18:28:00.003-05:00

I couldn't resist throwing this crazy JibJab vid of me and the missus funking out on Soul Train!
Watch this!

Another Romanian dude

2009-09-24T16:25:00.002-05:00

I just finished this one that I started in Romania of Grandpa Grig's vineyard pal.
A miniature ox this fellow, even with a fake leg he was hauling old trees out of the bush like a bulldozer.
A fantastic zombie face to boot!

Romanian farm

2009-09-21T20:31:00.004-05:00

Here is a watercolour of one of the farms beside Coco's outside of Vaslui.
It was fantastic roaming around these farms just to see how everything works and of course it helped that it was a balmy summer afternoon.
Sketching near the pigpen would probably not be as much fun in February.

Blue Peter Rocks!

2009-09-17T12:52:00.002-05:00

A fine turn out in the Yonge/Dundas square for our great pal Paul Humphrey and his band Blue Peter. It was a kickoff show for TIFF as the lads have music in the movie SUCK starring Malcolm McDowell, Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper!
A super open air concert experience for late summer '09.

Aretha Rotty

2009-09-09T18:01:00.002-05:00

I had to make a picture for an article on respecting dogs and they asked for an Aretha with a circa '60's flavour. Who better than our our old fave Rosie the Rotty for this task.
She was a great old gal that Rosie.

Romanian sketchbook!

2009-08-21T23:29:00.009-05:00

Well, Coco, Luca and myself successfully navigated Coco's homeland Romania without too many bruises or hangovers and lord knows we narrowly escaped a multitude of high speed traffic crashes...by inches. It is a place of great beauty and zany contradictions. Many things are better than ever with a standard of living that surprises. Gucci models stepping out of BMW's into dingy grey Soviet apartments while feral dogs nip at their heels. Shopping malls teeming with consumers dying to buy anything at all just so the neighbors will be certain they too are haves versus have-nots.

The repercussions of communism are many and the folks, as lovely as they are, are still gripped by demons. Everyone and their brother smokes and enjoys a shot of tzuica ( hooch) to keep the train on the tracks. Sausages are served with every meal and salads...well, maybe next year.

For every odd thing there were 15 great surprises and folks tripped over themselves to treat us like royalty, for this I will be forever grateful. Especially to my lovely wife and her family for showing me such a great time. Special thanks also to Nelutu, his wife and kids Andrei and Adelina for rocking Buzau with us (pronounced Booze-o).

In the spirit of all the fine cartoonists who feted me at the cartoonists society exhibit, I kept a sketchbook and endeavoured to draw all the people I met.
I didn't quite get there but tried hard and shall add a few more faces when I get the time.
The techniques and quality vary, but it is a good cross section of the great Romanians I met.
Noroc.

Coco in colour

2009-07-26T09:03:00.002-05:00

I made a petite watercolour sketch of my lovely wife and hope it captures some of her majestic Vulcan beauty.

Lamont hates salad!

2009-07-02T14:22:00.002-05:00

In this illustration for the Dogs in Canada magazine, the great Lamont is featured with his trademark "how dare you serve me this" expression.
Lamont don't do salad.

Ahh, summer

2009-06-04T09:45:00.003-05:00

Well, here it is finally and judging by the randy looks on these two fibre consuming German shepherds, 2009 picnics will be lusty affairs.

Obama sings the blues

2009-05-12T14:23:00.002-05:00

Just when it seemed the front page was free of auto news for a few days comes the discovery
of this exciting compilation record featuring the Prez and his mournful guitar!
Letting workers everywhere know that he shares their pain, he treats the listener to 12 tunes
of Auto industry shame and sorrow. A must have for those lonely nights (and days) when you're remembering all your pals at the old assembly plant.

Fred Flintstone imposter

2009-04-27T13:11:00.002-05:00

I had to do a painting of this charming fellow who truly resembles Fred Flintstone.
He is a serious golfer, as was Fred, so it was a natural fit.

Workers in the belly!

2009-04-23T11:57:00.002-05:00

This is from an article on doggy stomachs and what the little worker pro and pre-biotics are up to as they fortify the engine and keep Fido fit and happy.

DELTA PEST CONTROL

2009-03-05T11:32:00.003-05:00

Had to make a Pest control dude for the nice folks at Delta Pest Control for their website. Here is a mock up of what the site may look like with the chap letting the bugs know what is coming.

Doug Tyrell

2009-03-05T11:19:00.003-05:00

Some nice folks in BC wanted to get a caricature for their friend Doug Tyrell and honour him with an "all things Tyrell" day. Here he is in his kayak.

ROSS HAYBALL IN COLOUR

2009-02-03T08:35:00.005-05:00

Here we have the gifted Canadian writer and bon vivant Ross Hayball who I had the pleasure of drawing on the weekend. A classic face on this dude.

Final caricatures for the DIC

2009-01-28T12:42:00.002-05:00

Here are the final versions of the nice folks over at Dogs in Canada magazine.
The likenesses are pretty good though it is always tempting to brew up each one for hours and hours and I couldn't do it as the time was not there.
Hopefully look good on their website.

DOGS IN CANADA STAFF SKETCHES

2009-01-13T21:13:00.002-05:00

I've been commissioned to draw the entire staff (13 people) of the Dog Magazine for their website profile page.
Here are the primitive first sketches, I hope to throw up finals when they are done to see if we can improve on any of them.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

2009-01-13T20:59:00.002-05:00

An article about "food guarding" has our hero deep in the trenches guarding that kibble at all cost.
A real problem for many dog owners unfortunately...thank god Lamont doesn't pull that stunt.

THOSE HAMSTERS!

2009-01-13T20:55:00.002-05:00

Here's a thing the folks at the magazine wanted of the "ol' dog with the hamster wheel goin' round and round."

David Parkins

2009-01-05T13:28:00.004-05:00

Coco and I had the great pleasure of meeting and being entertained by the great English artist
David Parkins and his wife Angie. They live in a gorgeous heritage home in a wee town near Gananoque and have only recently emigrated in the past year or so.
David has illustrated a bizillion kids books and is a top pro in the industry. His political cartoons in the Guardian are superbly rendered and something to look out for if you pick up the papers.

For quasi-Brit kids like myself that grew up on a steady diet of the Beano, Dandy, Beezer, Oor Wullie etc. meeting the man that also draws Dennis the Menace (Brit version) is really mind blowing.
He has a collection of annuals that you really can't comprehend...millions of comics! And dragged all the way from England...amazing.

A really nice thing to meet David and his charming family, we had a great afternoon.

SARTRE!

2009-01-05T13:20:00.004-05:00

In my endless quest to offer my lovely bride silly cartoon versions of her literary and philosophy heroes, I present this kooky rendering of the great wall-eyed thinker Jean Paul Sartre.

I thought portraying him as a Mexican worker peasant
(inspired by Diego Rivera socialist propaganda cartoons) would be a silly touch as opposed to an elite French Marxist intellectual.
Very quick and crude body, but great fun to do.

Darryl comes alive!

2009-01-05T13:14:00.004-05:00

A crackerjack of a show was witnessed by many a couple of weeks ago when Darryl Silver took Toronto by storm with his annual winter Spectacle!
I made a picture of Darryl and his many personalities that looked very nice in poster form and on the bodies of many in t-shirt form.
Darryl-licious.

Penny Atkins Daughter

2009-01-05T13:11:00.002-05:00

Here is a sketch of my old pal Penny's daughter Megan. She is very cute with spectacular big eyes that just need to be drawn.

Shakespeare flyer

2008-12-10T14:18:00.003-05:00

I was asked to make a mini poster/flyer for a class teaching youngsters to read Shakespeare aloud, in this case "The comedy of errors". Noting that scholars claim all portraits of the man were done after his death I decided to not look at anything and just try and make a guy that looks Shakespeare-esque.

Crabtree Photography

2008-12-10T14:10:00.003-05:00

For those that have not seen it, here is a business card I made for the great Marc Crabtree.
I felt showing the subjects ( in this case some classic eastern Euro wedding guests) was more sensible than showing the photographer himself.

NEW DOG ART

2008-12-10T14:05:00.003-05:00

Here is a couple of recent one for Dogs in Canada about dog handlers in the ring that are a bit too absorbed about themselves while doggy is slacking off/acting the fool.

Rotty at work!

2008-11-10T10:46:00.002-05:00

Here's a new one for the magazine about taking your dogs to work and the pros and cons
of integrating your dog in the work environment.

Bad dreams for McCain

2008-11-06T16:18:00.003-05:00

Made up a cartoon before the US election was decided and for some crazy reason thought "I'll paint it!" instead of inking it.
So here is a bit of a poor photo, as it is too large to scan, of a McCain nightmare....back in a south sea sailor's booze can with all the dregs of humanity and his partner/Siren/mermaid/harpie.

December dog illustrations

2008-11-06T16:08:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple for the magazine including a quasi-realistic 50's style drawing of a family on Christmas day. An interesting exercise for me to try and draw folks without exaggerating them.

Surfing Life Magazine

2008-08-25T23:05:00.002-05:00

Here is an illo on Steph Gilmour, Australian surf queen and huge inspiration for all the girls out there to kick some butt on the waves.

WOOF

2008-08-25T23:01:00.002-05:00

Some recent doggie things here for the Dogs in Canada magazine including doggies as the X files gang and a baked out beagle.

Eminescu

2008-06-10T16:36:00.003-05:00

Here is a new watercolour sketch from this afternoon for the chaps at the cartoonist rights network.
This fellow was renowned poet Eminsecu who had all the ladies hearts a flutter in his day.
Unfortunately this shows him in decline as he was one of the best looking gents around about a decade earlier. Mental illness and probably some antics with the bottle took away his hunkiness.

HARPER DOES TAHITI

2008-06-05T15:19:00.003-05:00

For some reason I felt that Stephen Harper and company ( Duceppe, Dion) would look completely out of place in Paul Gaugin's Tahitian paradise thus I produced this.

Attempting his vibe in watercolours as opposed to oil and trying to knock it off in a day was challenging and the effect is not quite what I hoped it would be, but I guess the main thing was trying to get a good expression for Harper which I think is OK.

I can't imagine anyone more uptight looking and certainly someone who really needs to spend some time lying naked outdoors in order to absorb some Kyoto protocol insight.

NEW DOG ART

2008-05-29T19:46:00.003-05:00

A couple of new kooky dog cartoons for y'all.

NEW LITERARY REVIEW STUFF

2008-05-27T11:43:00.002-05:00

Here are some recent pieces for the Literary Review of Canada. They represent articles on the following: Canadian aboriginal actors....who better to choose than Pat John who played Jesse on the Beachcombers for a million years; An article on the origins of ball sports which included the kooky ball/deathsport that the Mayans used to play by hitting a ball with their hips or shoulders through a hoop with the winner/loser getting sacrificed! the last piece was on landmark woman political leaders, Thatcher, Gandhi and Meir.

Crikey, it's Taj Burrow!

2008-04-18T19:13:00.002-05:00

Here is a new illustration for Surfing Life magazine of world famous surfing demi-god Taj Burrow from Australia.
He has done everything in the sport except win the world championship and has come in 2nd a gazillion times.
This year he vows to swear off the women, booze, gambling etc. in order to concentrate on the magic prize which has proven illusive for too long.

Gidget still afloat!

2008-03-11T21:24:00.002-05:00

I did a cartoon of the Democrat primary race the other night as Hillary Clinton squeaked out some victories in Texas to keep her slim leadership hopes alive.
Moondoggy Obama is still hanging ten at this point.
Amazingly, she is dangling a carrot to Obama's camp offering him (the front runner) a VP position on her ticket. Funny.

Caragiale and Stanescu

2008-02-18T22:25:00.003-05:00

I've been chipping away at a list of great Romanian writers for the cartoonist rights network in Bucharest.
They have been compiling caricatures of literary icons for a few years now and the massive shows they put on are something I need to see in person one day. Lots of fine contributors from around the globe.
I've made new quick watercolours of Caragiale, a founding father of Romanian satire and Stanescu, a giant of late 20th century poetry. Both men are highly regarded by all walks of life in Romania.
It's fine practice to try and knock off likenesses of these gents.

Obama's new hairdo or "hair apparent"

2008-01-30T13:35:00.000-05:00

Barack Obama has a whole new weight on his shoulders (on his head to be exact) with the addition of the famous mountain of hair that can only be grown or bestowed by a member of the Kennedy clan, in this case the silver fox himself, Teddy. This wondrous mane can only bring higher expectations for the man as it accompanied glowing comparisons to the late great JFK, owner of one of history's most commanding hairdos.
Can Mr. Obama live up to such lofty expectations? Only his hairdresser knows for sure.

Bush saves the day!

2008-01-28T12:05:00.001-05:00

This is a cartoon I did for the Huffington Post during Bushes recent whirlwind trip to the gulf states. I imagined what the Prez was dreaming about nightly as he slept in those opulent palaces.
Oddly enough, my finishing panel had him returning in triumph to jog around the white house ground with amputee soldiers , which is true and for me extremely sad and disturbing.
Give up your leg and get into a quick photo op with the president and that makes everything alright?
Perhaps my rendering was not that great though of the amputee legs as most folks didn't notice them.

New dog things

2008-01-28T11:56:00.000-05:00

Whoa! January already and I've not thrown anything up since October...what a bad man.
Here are various dog related items etc. done since then.
Happy new year.....

Christmas Dog party!

2007-10-10T20:01:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure about you, but who doesn't want to be served some tasty holiday snacks from charming party hosts?

Bad diet dog part 2

2007-10-10T19:59:00.000-05:00

This is part 2 of the magazine series on bad dog nutrition.
This poor fellow is resorting to slim pills to turn things around; an actual weird reality in the dog product world.

New Dogs in Canada

2007-10-10T19:55:00.000-05:00

It's no surprise that the naughty habits of dog owners get passed onto the dogs too.

That is the the essence of the story this illustration accompanies.

slacker doggie

2007-08-31T15:56:00.000-05:00

Here is a new Dogs inCanada one asking "do dogs fake it?"

The answer is , of course they do!

At least in my mind.

Titanic play

2007-08-15T09:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a new theatre poster I did for a play about the wireless operators on the Titanic.

Theatre Rusticle is putting it on with Patrick Conner and Matthew Romantini playing those unlucky chaps and Lucy Rupert playing the Titanic herself!

Should be a real humdinger.

More dog world

2007-08-09T16:46:00.000-05:00

Once again, more doggy pictures for the magazine including one on dogs in the judging ring and a doggy CSI investigator.

Japanese honeymoon

2007-08-09T12:34:00.000-05:00

Our good friends Steve& Eri have just returned from their honeymoon in Tokyo and asked me to whip up a quick invite for their garden party.

They make a great couple.

Doggy doo

2007-08-09T12:31:00.001-05:00

Hello gang, here are some new dogs in Canada pieces for y'all.

Privat egg on duty!

2007-06-20T17:27:00.000-05:00

Hello again gang.

Here is the next finished illustration for the dog people.

"Private Tim Hall," an egg reporting for duty in the dog bowl. (PVT TIM HALL is an acronym for the various amino acids needed in a dogs diet)